Page 3: Historical Events In December - 17
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1833 James Thadeus Holtzclaw, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1893 

1833 Kaspar Hauser, German son of grand duke Karel of Bathe, murdered at 21 

1835 Alexander E Agassiz, US, businessman/biologist/geology. 

1838 Berthold Tours, composer. 

1840 Christian Frederik Emil Horneman, composer 

1842 Marius Sophus Lie, Norwegian mathematician (continous groups) 

1843 A Christmas Carol', by Charles Dickens, is published 

1843 Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol is inaugural published 

1848 Frederick Grant Gleason, composer. 

1852 The inaugural Hawaiian cavalry organized 

1852 1st Hawaiian cavalry organized. 

1853 Herbert Beerbohm Tree, England, actor/theater manager (Trilby) 

1860 Anaheim Township created in Los Angeles County 

1861 Fritz Volbach, German musicologist/conductor/composer. 

1862 General US Grant issues order #11, expelling Jews from Tennessee. 

1862 Gen US Grant issues order #11, expelling Jews from Tennessee. 

1863 Ion Vidu, composer. 

1864 John Felix August Korling, composer 

1865 Franz Schubert's "Unvolendete" Symphony," premieres 

1869 Nikolay Ivanovich Kazanli, composer. 

1870 Giuseppe Saverio Raffaele Mercadante, composer, dies at 75 

1873 Ford Madox Ford, England, novelist/editor (Inheritors). 

1874 William Lyon Mackenzie King, (L), 10th Canadian PM (1921-30, 1935-48). 

1875 Violent bread riots in Montreal. 

1881 Aubrey Faulkner, cricketer (great S Afr all-rounder early 20th cent). 

1881 Lewis H Morgan, US ethnologist (Iroquois-indians), dies at 62. 

1885 France declares Madagascar a protectorate. 

1887 Georges Feydeaus' "Tailleur Pour Dames" premieres in Paris. 

1891 Robertson Hare, London England, actor (Our Girl Friday, Banana Ridge) 

1891 Msiri, king of Garanganja (Katanga), dies in battle. 

1892 Tsjaikovski's ballet "Casse-noisette," premieres in St Petersburg. 

1893 Russia ratifies Duple Alliance with France 

1893 Erwin Piscator, German stage director (Der Stellvertreter). 

1893 Levinus T Keuchenius, Dutch min of Colonies (1888-90), dies at 71 

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